'Canicula' definitions:
Definition of 'Canicula'
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Definition of 'Canicula'
From: GCIDE
- Dog Star \Dog" Star`\ Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, {[alpha] Canis Majoris}. See Dog days. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Canicula'
From: GCIDE
- Canicula \Ca*nic"u*la\, n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.) The Dog Star; Sirius. [1913 Webster]